Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus Pure Edition SABRE32 Ultra-Class 32-bit/384kHz PCI-e Gaming Sound Card and DAC with Dolby Digital and DTS, Xamp Discrete Headphone Bi-amp, 122dB SNR, RGB LED Strips

It completely change the environment of the Hall, Why did you pick this product vs others?: Sound quality is good, use with sony s40r speaker.

After a very long time searching and reading reviews and specs of various sound cards, I finally purchase Creative soundblaster AE-7. It meets all my requirements, ie crystal clear sound and clarity. this sound card has ultra low THD of 0.00001% and very high signal to noise ratio. being fond of listening Indian classical music since 30 years I am very happy with this sound card. this card is very easy to install. very much thanks to Creative and Amazon.

Was hesitant to invest money on a sound card, but I wanted to use my DTS system to the fullest. After long research decided to pickup AE-7 Pacakge was cool Build Quality with LED is awesome Configuration is easy, but need to spend time in understanding the terminologies Register self and product in the SBC app to save the configurations, if not you will have to configure every time you restart. Not using the external controller for now, but an usefull one for content creators Mounted on a MSI B560 MB this is working like a charm. Splits the channels beautifully. Slightly over priced , but a GOOD one for what we pay.

Audio sync should be set manually, otherwise all okay

For around 20 k this is the best sound card available in market right now. It supersedes any other on board sound card and also blows off some entry level AV receivers as well. The SABRE class 9018 DAC used here is awesome and you can feel the nuances of sound. Be sure to invest in some quality headphone and speaker system if you are planning to buy this one.

Bought AE-7 and from the very first day it has been full of bugs, be it the card or Sound Blaster app. I have three PCIE ports and have tried the card in all three but every other day I have to uninstall and install the drivers. Then it would work okay for a day or two and then again system doesn't read the card. I also installed the card in my other system (with different MoBo) just to check and the same problem persists. Please don't buy this, go for external sound card.

You have must high resolution supported speaker system for best result of this sound card, without high resolution speaker totally waste of money for this sound card don't buy if you have normal speaker.

I think AE -5 plus is good, not a good Dolby

Snyggt ljudkort som jag gärna hade behållit eftersom jag har tidigare haft både Sound Blaster Z och ZxR som har presterat väldigt bra (när de funkade). Däremot har jag alltid haft problem med Creative mjukvara för ljudkort. Fruktansvärt buggigt. Jag köpte den vita versionen eftersom jag har en helt vit dator och hoppades på att deras nya produkter fungerar bättre. Problem 1: LED strips som jag fick med ljudkortet fungerar dåligt. Inte ens om jag kringgår ljudkortet och kopplar dem direkt till moderkortet så lyser bara några av dem (2st med ljudkortet, ca 10-15 med moderkortet). Problem 2: HUR kan mjukvaran vara så dålig?! Sound Blaster Command buggar som in i helvete. Så fort jag startar den så stängs ljudkortet av och vägrar fungera till jag startat om datorn. Kör jag Command igen så släcks ljudkortet. Kom igen Creative, fixa problemet någon gång? Både Z och ZxR strular som fan med tidigare mjukvara. Eftersom jag har en helt vit dator så finns det inte många val, får bli externt ljudkort, dock aldrig mer Creative ljudkort.

I purchased this card back in late 2022, and after over three years of daily use, I can say it is one of the best hardware pieces I have made for my PC. The most impressive thing about this card is its sound quality. I own several different pairs of headphones, ranging from standard gaming headsets to high impedance ones, and this card handles all of them effortlessly. The dedicated headphone amplifier makes everything sound incredibly crisp, balanced, and loud without any distortion. Setting it up with my home theater system was also a breeze. It connects perfectly to a Sony AV receiver I have, allowing me to switch between a high-end headphone experience and a full room filling speaker setup without any troubles. If you are looking for a significant upgrade over your motherboard's built in audio, this is it. It’s reliable, powerful, and makes everything from music to movies sound noticeably better. Highly recommended!

Super easy to install and get up and running and fantastic sound quality compared to on board If you may need one you must get one! Fantastic card and great to see the Soundblaster cards still on the go after many years

I have usually run an internal Sound Card on my P.C.s, as they were ALWAYS better than the onboard Motherboard outputs, and today is no exception. In the past, I have stayed away from Creative due to their "bloated" drivers, but decided to try the AE-5 Plus on a new rig I built. Despite the 130 Mb download for the AE-5 drivers, (really?), the fundamentals of this Sound card are really good. I am sure the AE-7 and AE-9 sound better, but I am actually pretty impressed with the AE-5 plus. I streamed some High Fidelity FLAC videos off of YouTube, (Classical Music), and the sound resolution is very impressive. You can hear the individual instruments on the sound stage with great clarity, and better than some other sound cards I have used in the past. For my desktop, I am running these through the Klipsch 2.1 speakers, or my Sennheiser headphones. There is enough power output on the speaker output to power up my headphones, so I have not used the dedicated headphone output yet. In gaming, I am getting nice directional sound, and excellent clarity. There seems to be very little if any audible distortion. I know the current thinking is to have your DAC outside the computer, using a USB connection, but I am sticking with an internal PCIe sound card for now. No, it is not my Cambridge Audio amplifier good, but for my computer, the AE-5 plus seems pretty great thus far. I do not regret this purchase, even with bloated drivers. It is WAY better than any motherboard sound I have experienced, and I have had a few of those. No, I did not hook up the auxillary RGB lighting strips, but the lit AE-5 Plus on the Sound Card looks nice. You if really like to listen seriously to your music collection running WAV. files on your computer, or you like a more realistic sound in gaming, the Creative AE-5 plus is a good choice. Just make sure you have decent speakers to take advantage of the clarity. It has to work as a system. Glad I made this purchase.

No es mi primera tarjeta de sonido de la marca, y esta esta magnífica y excelente y el software mejora mucho el sonido.